Crash Course in Science was a Philly band formed in 1979 by art school classmates Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny. After releasing a few experimental electronic 7″s through Rough Trade in the UK, the band shifted into full-on synth-pop mode in 1981 with the release of Signals From Pier Thirteen, which has been regarded as “influential to the techno industrial genres and an early inception of what is now known as the ‘electro’ sound. This record is still highly sought after by collectors and fans today.”

“Flying Turns”, which you can stream below, was recently included on the Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 compilation.

Crash Course in Science – “Flying Turns” (1981)

Also, check out this video they made in 1981 for the single “Cardboard Lamb”, which features the band hanging around Philly doing New Wave-y, artsy stuff:

Congrats to Jon and Patrick of Sun Airway for landing a deal with the awesome label Dead Oceans (Bishop Allen, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band)! Their debut album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, is a must-hear mix of ambient electronics and spacey psychedelia. Get a copy on 10/26 in the US and 1/11 in the UK.

Get a taste of the album with “Oh, Naoko” {MP3} and grab their recent remix of Here We Go Magic’s “Casual” {MP3} via PFork.

Yours truly aka DJ Vuvuzela aka DJ Double-Rainbow-All-The-Way will be joining the Hello From The Children of Planet Earth DJs Jeff Zeigler and Joe Patitucci this Sunday at KFN in Philly. Come by, it’s FREE! Here’s a taste:

Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, the debut album from one of Philly’s most promising new bands, Sun Airway, will hopefully see the light of day within the year. For now you can (and should) catch the live premiere of their blissful and layered electronic pop at Johnny Brendas in Philly this Thursday, or at Mercury Lounge in NYC on June 28th. Dig some mp3s from the album below:

{MP3} Sun Airway – “Waiting On You”
{MP3} Sun Airway – “Put the Days Away”

Check out all of the Sun Airway coverage on The Walrus after the jump:

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Check out this rendition of NWA’s classic “Straight Outta Compton” during a commercial break on The Jimmy Fallon Show recently. Sounds great!

(via YANP)

R5 Productions, purveyors of indie shows in Philadelphia, have just released a new iPhone app to accompany their recent website redesign. It’s a free, handy little interaface that gives you a listing of upcoming R5 shows at various venues throughout the city (in list form and cover-view form), the ability to search for shows, bookmark shows, purchase tickets and retrieve venue information including directions. In the next version it would be nice to have the ability to filter by venue and hear music samples, but so far so good.

Get the app here.

Something to get lost in.

{MP3} Delorean – “Stay Close” (Sun Airway Remix)

The song “Infinity” will be featured on Sun Airway’s upcoming debut album — one of the best to come out of Philly in a long time. Jon from the band has also put together this awesome mixtape which you should check out as well.

(Click to enlarge – image via Philebrity)

Started in 2007, Record Store Day is “the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances.”

It’s an awesome thing, so for those of you who live in Philly check out the fun map pictured above and try to support your local record shop tomorrow by making some purchases.

In-store performances you should check out include Kurt Vile at Beautiful World Syndicate in South Philly, and Blood Feathers at Main St. Music in Manayunk. You can also grab a new track from Kurt Vile’s upcoming Square Shells EP below:

{MP3} Kurt Vile – “Invisibility : Nonexistent”

Check out The Spinto Band’s rad take on the Ary Barroso classic — filmed by myself and D. Dunn. Wish it was summer goddammit! Catch another clip from the band’s session on the Art in the Age blog.

Here’s another sick remix from NJ native and my favorite artist of 2009, Memory Tapes. This time Gucci gets the dizzying electronic treatment for the new Diplo “Free Gucci” Mixtape:

{MP3} Gucci Mane – “Excuse Me” (Memory Tapes Remix)

Get the full tape HERE.

When I last posted about Mike Johnson aka Philly’s Ape School it was for the wildly ambitious and brilliantly animated “Wail to God” video. Now he is offering up the EP Ape School Remixes featuring re-workings from his debut album. Two cuts, Andrew Broder’s sedated and Beatles-esque version of “That’s OK”  and Yppah’s texture-laden ”My Intention” redo, are particularly nice.

{MP3} Ape School – “Thats Ok” (Andrew Broder Remix)
{MP3} Ape School – “My Intention” (Yppah Remix)